Sen. John McCain blasted the "timidity" of the Obama administrations sanctions on Russian officials Monday, saying that the White House needs a "fundamental reassessment" of the relationship between the United States and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"This presidents response  I dont know how it could have been weaker, besides doing nothing," McCain said during an appearance on MSNBCs Andrea Mitchell Reports.

The Arizona Republican said that Putin is likely "encouraged by the absolute timidity" of the U.S. reaction to Russia's incursion into Crimea.

"I dont know when the president and his advisers are going to wake up to what Putin is really all about," he added. "We've got to start with a fundamental reassessment of our relationship with him."

McCain, who just returned from a trip to Ukraine with seven other lawmakers, recommended that the United States instead provide Ukrainian forces with defensive weapons and training.

"One of the things that I would do is send some of our military to Kiev and find out how we can best assist them," he said.

It's hard to say this. At least with Obama as president, we've had a few more years before the US crashes. Had McCain won, the world would be in flames by now....the parts that already aren't.

Why isn't McCain locked up at Guantanamo for meeting with and enabling terrorists in Syria? What would we do if a half dozen Russian Senators came to the US to meet with a group involved in a violent coup?

For sure, things would be much better if he had won, but by how much — we will never know. Yes, John Strangelove would make a good sequel to “Dr. Strangelove”...Slim Pickens would be jealous of that picture.

I wish this freakin idiot would just keep his mouth shut. We don’t need him goading that other moron in the White House into WW3. He tried real hard in Syria to get us involved with helping anti-Christian Fundamentalist rebels.

Why should Obama get excited? From what I can tell, he didn’t run for POTUS to strengthen or help America but to take her down. Obama is a died-in-the-wool Socialist/Marxist which agrees with totalitarianism. Most evidence I’ve seen suggests Obama does not like a free society. Seems like he’s more inclined to agree with Putin than to rail against him in defense of freedom.

Hey John, we’re appalled at your timid response to an opponent who has squandered trillions of OUR hard earned money, shredded the Constitution, made us a laughingstock on foreign policy, has presided over unprecedented corruption, and diminished individual liberty, all without one iota of personal accountability or responsibility. This is one of your “friends from across the aisle.” Remember when you reassured us that we had nothing to fear with him as president? Remember when you said he was a “good and decent man,” and refused to let Sarah Palin go after him? News flash Senator— those who stand for freedom and prosperity have no friends across the aisle!

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posted on 03/17/2014 10:57:07 AM PDT
by Freestate316
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